ArticleAnalytical chemistry2025
Determination of Thyroid Hormones and 11 Metabolites in the Human Serum Using a Simple Derivatization Strategy and Analysis by Isotope-Dilution Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry.
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Many analytical methods for thyroid hormone (TH) determination lack sensitivity and/or specificity. The thyroid hormone metabolites (THMs) are usually not measured at all. This study describes the development of sensitive high-throughput analytical methods for determining the total concentration and free fraction of TH and THM in the human serum. For the analysis of the TOTAL fraction, we employed protein precipitation and anionic exchanger solid-phase extraction. For the FREE fraction, ultrafiltration and salt-out liquid partitioning were used. Derivatization using dansyl chloride was employed to enhance the sensitivity of HPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. Both protocols were validated according to the European Analytical Guidelines (2002/657/EC). We obtained very good recoveries (73-115%) and precision. Interday coefficients of variation (CVs) for most of the analytes ranged from 1.2 to 16.4%. The sensitivity was excellent with detection limits in the sub ppt range for the majority of TH and THM. A significant enhancement in sensitivity (>10 fold) was achieved through derivatization. The applicability was proved on a set of samples from pregnant women enrolled in the CELSPAC cohort (
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